MangoOrange™

Those of you who have read my posts know how much that I like the web hosting providers Bluehost and Hostmonster.  I honestly think that these two hosts give users the most bang for their buck and I am always referring friends to these hosts.  Many people that I talk to about these hosts seem very interested but are concerned because they have a website with another host and don't want to lose any files.

If you are in the same shoes I think you will be very interested in knowing that switching web hosts is actually very easy thanks to Cpanel.  Hostmonster and Bluehost both use CPANEL (most do) and CPANEL has a "backup" option that allows you to backup entire websites, including databases.  Use this tool and create your site's backup, sign up for web hosting with Hostmonster or Bluehost, go to backup and click "restore backup"... This will upload all the files from your old host and you will be up and running again, with a better host .

This process is so easy with Cpanel... So there are no reasons to worry about switching hosts...

----- > SIGN UP FOR BLUEHOST
----- > SIGN UP FOR HOSTMONSTER

written by mangoorange

Buying web hosting and building a website are just the first few steps of starting a successful online business; in fact, many people over look the fact that you need to market your website once you build it.   One of the best ways to market your website & increase conversions on your newly built website is add video's to your website.  Google has mentioned before that it love's interactive websites that are helpful to those who visit the site and many believe that adding videos to your site can also help increase Google rankings.

To show you what I mean, today we will have a "mini case-study" and we will look at three different guitar websites, two that have videos on their site and one that does not.

First, I want to focus on a website that gives guitar lessons for beginners.  This is a good example of using a video to sell a product. Halfway down the website you can see a video that discusses a product that teaches how to be a guitarist.  There are many sites that offer products; however, simply adding a video (like this site did) can drastically increase conversions.

An even better example of using a video on a website would be this site that I found about blues guitar lessons .  This website has a very clean website design with a nice video on the top fold of the site.   NOTICE, this video is not too long, but very affective... I am confident that this video drastically increases conversions for the Blues site.

A Good Example of Using Videos on the Homepage.

Now after looking at the good, we must look at the ugly... Take a look at Guitarlessons.net, this site not only has a terrible website design (in my opinion) but will likely never convert on a sale.

Simply adding a video on your website will not only improve your users overall experience but it will also help your conversions.   So, if you have already bought web hosting, I would suggest designing your page in a way that incorporates a video.   If you have not already purchased web hosting, you can do so at AlreadyHosting.com.

written by mangoorange \\ tags: Video Marketing, Video's Help Conversions

If you are looking to create your first blog, AlreadyHosting.com has released a new guide that will help you learn how to blog.  Since MangoOrange.com has one of the web's most downloaded wordpress theme, I thought it would appropriate to share this article that takes you step-by-step through the processes needed to create a successful blog.

Check it out!

written by mangoorange \\ tags: Guide to Creating A Blog

For those of you who are trying to figure out how to embed code (scripts) into your Dreamweaver website in "Design Mode" it is very easy:

Follow These Steps:

1. Put your mouse cursor where you want to embed the code
2. Right Click
3. Click "Quick Tag Editor"
4. Replace <> with whatever code you want to insert into your Dreamweaver Website or Webpage

It's That East

written by mangoorange \\ tags: Embed Code Into Your Dreamweaver Site

I have struggled for a very long time to get my sites indexed (accepted) by DMOZ, the largest human-edited web site directory.   Recently, after a VERY long time waiting to be accepted by DMOZ I finally had a site accepted.   It took a lot of patients but finally succeeded..

Here are a few tips if you are having a similar problem:

1. Apply in a different category - each category of DMOZ is human edited, some of the individuals do a horrible job approving listing and some do quite well.  If you cannot get accepted in your desired category all you need to do is find a similar category and try there.

2. Yahoo Directory is not a bad alternative.. Yes it cost quite a bit for a yearly listing; however, if you are working on your site's SEO and need a strong directory listing YAHOO is a quick way to get listed.

written by mangoorange \\ tags: DMOZ Directory, DMOZ Listing